Creative Quotations from Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) born on Jul 15 Irish author; She wrote 26 thought-provoking novels, e.g., Black Prince, 1973 and The.

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Creative Quotations from Iris Murdoch ( ) born on Jul 15 Irish author; She wrote 26 thought-provoking novels, e.g., Black Prince, 1973 and The Good Apprentice, 1985.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn.

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

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